Attachment for plows, harrows, and the like.



R. L. STALANS. ATTACHMENT FOR PLQWS, HAREOWS, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATIONFILED JULY 28,1908.

91 6,2 1 2 Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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ATTACHMENT FOB. PLOWS, HARROWS, AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 28.1908. 91 6,21 2. Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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I jiflZafijzzzzaifiiaZa/zg Witnesses ROBERT LUCIUS STALANS, OF NEWBURG,OKLAHOMA.

ATTACHIMEN'I FOR FLOWS, HARROWS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed July 28, 1908. Serial No. 145,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT .lmcic's STAL- ANS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newburgyin the county of Hughes and State ofOklahoma, have invented new and useful Improve rents in Attachments forllows, Harrows, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments designed for use on plows, barrowsand the like, and the nature of the attachment will fully appear in thefollowing description, the invention consisting in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the deviceadapted for use as a harrow. Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same omitting the beam in crosssection. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view, showing aportion of the beam and the main forward clamp. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of one of the harrow teeth showing a portion of one ofthe standards. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the'device adapted for useas a furrow opener or plow. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of thefurrow opener together with the standard and brace.

1 designates the beam of the machine which may be of any suitable lengthand to the rear portion of which are connected the rearwardly diverginghandles 2 which are further connected to the beam by means of braces 3.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a main forward clamp which isillustrated in Fig. 4 wherein said clamp is seen to comprise a cap plate4 and a base plate 5 arranged respectively on top and beneath the beam 1and secured in place thereon by means of four bolts 6, said bolts beingarranged close up to the opposite sides of the beam 1 the arrangeinentbeing such that by loosening the ends of the bolts 6, the clamp may heslid backward or forward according to the desired adjustment. The platesi and 5 are also provided with openings for the reception of the shank 7of a colter 8, the said shank being adjustable up and down by means of acolter clip 9 which extends horizontally between plates 4 and 5 and isprovided with hooked ends 10 which engage the bolts 6 on one side of thebeam and as shown in Fig. 4, a binding screw 11 passing through the clip9 and bearing against the shank of the colter so as to hold said shankrigidly at any desired point of elevation thereby giving the desireddepth of penetration to the colter S which is located in advance of thefurrow opener to be hereinafter described. The base plate 5 is furtherprovided at its rear end with downwardly extending lugs 12 to which theplow standard hereinafter described is connected.

.llxtending outward laterally from the forward clamp are parallel staysl3 and 14, one of such pair of stays being arranged at each side of theclamp as shown in plan view in Fig. 1. The parallel stays 13 and 14 areconnected at their inner ends to the clamp by means of pivot bolts 15while the outer ends of said stays are pivotally connected at 16 to endlinks 17. 'lhese links extend to the rear of the parallel stays wherethey are connected to braces 18 which extend inward toward the beam 1and are bolted to a rear clamp consisting of top and bottom plates 19and 20 respectively bearing against the top and bottom of the beam 1 andsecured in place by bolts 21 arranged at opposite sides of said beam.

Secured to the parallel stays l3 and 14 and extending downward therefromare series of standards 22 the upper ends of which are bifurcated or inother words each standard is provided with branches '23 and 2-1 whichare secured at their upper ends respectively to the stays l3 and let asbest illustrated in Fig. 1. To each of the standards 22 is secured aharrow tooth 25 and in order to provide for properly alining the harrowteeth the lower end of each standard 22 is slotted as shown at toreceive the bolt 27 carried by the harrow tooth 25 and the said boltbeing adjustable up and down in the slot 26 as clearly shown. in Fig. 5.27 designates a pair of auxiliary braces whiclPare connected at theirinner ends to the cap plate 4 and at their outer ends to the forwardstay 14 as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The plow is provided with a bolt 30 adjustable vertically in a Ll-shapedor slotted standard 31 the upper end of which is forked as shown at 352,the arms of said fork being sci'iured to the lugs .12 on the base plate5 above referred to. Connected to the brace 31 at the point 33 is abrace 34. the rear end of which is provided with an opening 35 toreceive a bolt 36 on the rear clamp as shown in Fig. (5 whereby thestandard 31 is firmly held in rigid relation to the beam 1 just in rearof the colter 8.

The device is so adapted for use as a harrow in Figs. 1 and 2,in whichviews'the plow or furrow opener and colter are omitted. To convert thedevice into a furrow opener, or plow, the stays 13 and 14 aredisconnected from the forward clamp and the braces 18 are disconnectedfrom the rear clamp which adapts the harrow teeth standards to bedetached from the beam. The furrow opener with its standard and braceare then secured to the beam in the manner illustrated in Fig. 6 whilethe colter 8 is also secured to the beam as shown in the same figure.This adapts the device for use as a furrow opener. In this adaption ofthe device, the bolts 6 are loosened and the forward clamp is slid backfar enough on the beam 1 to allow the brace 34 to be connected to thebolt 36 and any desired angle of the beam 31 may be obtained by varyingthe distance between the point of connection between the standard 31 andthe beam or point of connection between the brace 34 and the beam.

While the device is adjusted as shown in Fig. 6, the harrow elements maybe reapplied to the beam to permit the harrow and furrow openingoperations to be effected at the same time in which case the braces 18will be disconnected at their outer ends from the links 17 and connectedto the rear stays 13 at the points 37, it being understood that thebolts 38 at the outer ends of the braces 18 are removed from the links17 and inserted in the holes 37 on the rear stays 13.

I claim The combination with a beam, of forward and rear clamps securedthereto, the forward clamp embodying a cap plate and base plate, boltssecuring said plate to the beam, a colter clip having hooked ends inengagement with certain of said bolts, a colter having the shank thereofin engagement with said clip,

and a binding screw carried by said clip and providing for the up anddown adjustment of the colter shank.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT LUCIUS STALANS.

Witnesses JOHN HOWELL, M. A. DILLEoK.

